Improvement in apparatus for molding soap



G. C. WENZEL.

Apparatus for Molding Snap. No.1542056, PatntedJune16,1874.

PATENT OFFICEc GEORGE WENZEL, OF NEVVBURG, NEW YORK,

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AssIGNoE To JEssE OAKLEY, OF NEV YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR MOLDING SOAP.

S- ecitcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,056, dated June 16,15574 application tiled June 1, 1874.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. WENZEL, of Newburg, in the county ofOrange and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Apparatusfor Molding Soap, of which the following is a specification:

In the manufacture of transparent soap it is necessary to mold the samewhile in a heated state, and this has been attended with considerableexpense, because single molds operated by hand were usually employed.

My invention relates to an apparatus in which the soap is kept hot as itpasses from the soapmaking kettle into the molds, and the molds areconstructed in such a manner that a large number ot' cakes or balls canbe molded at one time, and the soap will be kept in a heated state bysteam heat up to the point ot delivery to the molds. I remark that thematerials employed for this transparent soap are such that the soap isinjured by the direct contact therewith of either steam or water.

In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical sectiorr of my apparatus; andFig. 2 is a plan, partially sectional, to represent the dilerentportions of the devices employed.

The kettle a forms a reservoir into which the soap is run from thesoap-making kettle, through the pipe b, and this kettle av is,preferably, made with a cover, c, anditis surrounded with asteam-jacket, d, which jacket also surrounds the supply-pipe b, so thatthe soap is kept in a melted condition. The tubes 'i t' pass from thebot-torn of the kettle ce through-thc steam-space of the jacket, and areopen at both ends, and below their ends is a cut-off plate,

k, that is sustained in'guides 2 2, and pressed to the tubes by springsupon the ways or otherwise, and in the apparatus there is a spacebeother, and these molds are provided with spurs or filling-holes attheir upper ends, positioned with reference to the tubes t' and holes inthe cut-off plate 7c, so that they are in line` with each other when thecut-ofi' plate is moved to allow the soap to run into the molds, and theopening is closed by moving said cut-ott' plate by a lever, t, orotherwise, so as to retain the contents ot' the kettle a, while one setot' molds is being removed and another substituted.

It will now be apparent that the soap is maintained in a heated ormelted condition by steam admitted into the jacket d, and that thematerial cannot become chilled inthe tubes conveying the same to themolds, and that the soap can be cast with great rapidity into the molds,and one set of molds can be .removed and another substitutedimmediately, thus facilitating the manufacture and lessening tho cost.

I claim as my invention- The soap-kettle a, surrounded by the jacketLand having' the tubes i t' passing` from thc bottom of the kettle athrough the steamspace, in combination with the sliding cut-ott1 plateL' and divided molds Z mf, as and for the purposes set forth. Y

Signed by me this 13th day ot May, A. D. 1874.

GEORGE G. WENZEL. litnesses:

GEORGE G. VVIGKLEM, FRANK G. Woon.

